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admin Maharashtra Education department orders student data compilation across Maharashtra. The state education department has ordered compilation of details of schools that have less than 50% student enrolment. The order comes after the Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court rapped the state government and asked it to initiate stringent action against schools accused of inflating number of students. In a latest communication … Read more
Maharashtra Mughals are a lost chapter in the Maharashtra board’s textbooks. They may have given us the Taj Mahal, Urdu language, and a terrific cuisine, but the Mughals are not considered worthy enough by the Maharashtra State Education Board to be included in history textbooks for school students. The board has, this academic year, come out with … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra promotes sailing,water sports to increase tourism. Come October and one can go sailing at five different water fronts in the state. Maharashtra tourism development corporation (MTDC) and Maharashtra maritime board (MMB) have shortlisted five different locations as part of the Centre and state government initiative to promote water sports and … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra Government to launch My plant app to create database on Tree Plantation. The Maharashtra Government to launch My Plant app to create a database on tree plantation. The app would be helpful in recording the tree plantations in the street. Earlier The forest department had planned to plant four crores … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra moos to boost desi cow varieties. Maharashtra’s long-time obsession with crossbred or foreign varieties of cowsis set to change to a preference for pure desi bovine varieties. The state government will soon start centres to conserve and increase the number of indigenous breeds of cows. Three centres have been finalised in Amravati, Pune and Palghar where indigenous varieties … Read more
Maharashtra Govt plans Rs 3 lakh cr highway projs in Maharashtra : Gadkari The government is planning to undertake highway projects worth Rs 3 lakh crore in Maharashtra, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The ministry will provide Rs 1,000 crore. Since the detailed project report for the first phase, which is worth Rs 500 … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra government seeks 15 day extension of crop insurance scheme. State agriculture minister Pandurang Phundkar told the state council on Monday that he has asked the Centre for a 15 day extension for applications from the state for the Prime Minister’s crop insurance scheme. The deadline ended on July 31st. Phundkar said if banks were … Read more
Maharashtra Government launches Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in Mumbai The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in Mumbai, Maharashtra under the Jiyo Parsi scheme. The Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 aims at containing the declining trend of population of the Parsi community and reverses it to bring their population above … Read more
Maharashtra Maharashtra govt identifies 29 vulnerable spots near water bodies The state government has identified 29 vulnerable spots around water bodies in the state which are prone to incidents of drowning, minister of state for home Ranjit Patiltold the state assembly. Uproar in Maharashtra assembly over making Vande Mataram compulsory. A political … Read more
Maharashtra 5732 cyber offence cases registered in Maharashtra since 2014 Maharashtra has registered 5,732 offences relating to cyber-crimes between 2014 and 2017. However, very few have resulted in convictions. Mumbai Metro launches India’s first mobile ticketing system The Mumbai Metro One Private Limited announced the launch of India’s firstMobile Ticketing … Read more